The main difference between the enactment of the heroic archetype in myth and in popular culture is our contemporary squeamishness about the homoerotic vibe that usually hums just beneath the surface of the drama. We try to banish that gayness, or at least keep it at bay, but the pesky thing about archetypes is that they’re not very easily controlled.
Nick Street
Nick Street is the senior writer at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. His writing on religion, science, sexuality, media and culture has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, the Jewish Journal, Search, Global Post, Patheos and the Revealer.
